Michele Bachmann weighing Obamacare lawsuit

Rep. Michele Bachmann said she is in discussions with a group of Republicans to file a lawsuit against President Barack Obama for moving to end the cancellation of health care policies through administrative action.

Last week, Obama announced that he would allow insurance companies to offer health plans that don’t meet the standards of Obamacare for another year after it became clear that many were being cancelled. The cancellations violated Obama’s previous claim that if people liked their plans they could keep them.

“That’s the essence of lawlessness and now it’s our time to defend our prerogative,” Bachmann said speaking at a monthly conservative event sponsored by the Heritage Foundation.

She added that another lawmaker, who she didn’t name, plans to file a resolution opposing Obama’s announcement.

Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) disagreed with Bachmann, saying while he thinks Obama operates outside the limits of the constitution, it’s likely the Obamacare legislation gave him enough authority to make the change.

“It gave too much power to the administration to make changes like this,” Labrador said.